William1 Trucks
, born about 1750/60
probably in Frederick County, Maryland; died 19 November 1831 in Trucksville, Richland County, Ohio. He married (1) ____ Ayres
, daughter of Daniel Ayres
. He married (2) Mehitable Buck
. William was a Revolutionary
War veteran who served in Captain Baltzel's Company, German Regiment.
He
enlisted in Philadelphia in 1776 as a private, was
later commissioned as an ensign and was mustered out at Westmoreland, Pennsylvania in 1779. In 1796 he was a
resident of Kingston township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. He built a saw mill and
grist mill in 1804 on Tobey’s Creek near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The present day village
Trucksville, is named in his honor. William was appointed Justice of
the Peace
in 1809. He sold his mills in 1811 and moved west to Ohio in 1815. He purchased 640
acres in Bloomingrove Township in Richland County where built and operated a
grist mill. The present day village of Ganges, Ohio is located on the land he
purchased and was once known as Trucksville.
William’s parents are thought to be George and
Susannah Trucks of
Frederick County, Maryland.
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and one day I hope to publish a more complete, documented family
history.
To protect the privacy of living ancestors, I have omitted the
names of
individuals born after 1908 (100 years) whose death has not been
documented.